Yemen’s Houthis say they attacked Saudi Aramco Jazan refinery, fire extinguished

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Financial giants in Japan partner with AI firms to build zero-trust cybersecurity defenses. This article appears in the July/August issue of Global Finance Magazine. Japan’s banking sector is becoming a high-stakes proving ground for AI-driven cybersecurity.  As autonomous “frontier AI” models rapidly increase the speed and scale of cyberthreats by identifying zero-day vulnerabilities, the country’s…

Meta says US states are seeking $1.4 trillion in penalties in August youth safety trial

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